1985 C2 (Command and Control) Effectiveness Experiments.
Abstract
This report describes the third in a series of command and control (C2) experiments designed to examine the influence of C2 organization on system performance. The experiments are part of a larger program, whose purpose is to define, measure, and identify determinants of C2 effectiveness. The experimental effort is jointly sponsored by the Defense Communications Agency and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), with actual experimental trials being conducted in the NPS C2 Wargame Analysis and Research Lab. using NPS officer-students as experimental subjects. Each of the experiments in the series examined the impact of a basic C2 attribute, -- this set of experimentys examines the impact of role and specialization. The experiments were designed and conducted to determine the effect of command echelon and centrality in the performance of planning and battle management tasks in benign and disturbed communications environments. While the findings apparently indicate that the lower echelons will be better at planning and that the degree of centrality can be used to effect a chance in performance, the results are mainly inconclusive. This inconclusiveness arises mainly from the unexpected extremes of behavior displayed by the two groups, a difference for which the experiment was not designed to account.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 12, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA174203